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CDI collaboration with CM/UR evolves

While the majority of CDI programs report to the director of HIM, a good number (27%,according to the 2010 CDI Program Benchmarking Report) fall under the supervision of the director of case management (CM). CDI programs that report to CM face a number of challenges but may also take advantage of the multiple opportunities such structures present, says Joann Agin, RHIT, regional director of data quality for Carondelet Health, St. Joseph Medical Center, in Kansas City, MO, and St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Blue Springs, MO.

 

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